Each year, PATH welcomes our supporters to the Breakfast for Global Health, an annual fundraising event that fuels our most innovative work. Guests join us in the transformed parking garage of our Seattle headquarters for breakfast and a brief presentation from the field—an opportunity for donors to hear firsthand how their contributions are making a difference.

This year's event, on May 20, will take guests on a journey to India through the stories of Dr. Benazir Patil, from PATH's Sure Start project—an initiative helping new and expectant mothers in urban slums get better access to health care. We'll also open the doors to our product development shop, so that guests can meet the engineers and designers working to create unique health technologies for poorer countries.

The Breakfast for Global Health supports PATH's Catalyst Fund—our source of innovation funding, the seed money that allows us to explore new solutions to global health problems. Last year, our guests committed nearly $760,000 to the Fund. We're grateful for this stunning commitment to our work, which allowed us to meet a $225,000 challenge from PATH's Leadership Council and other friends of the organization—and we hope this year's event will be just as successful.

For those who aren't able to attend, thank you for your continuing interest in PATH. We hope to see you next year or at another PATH event.

Photo: Satvir Malhotra.